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Anonymous founders are strategically superior for system-threatening technologies
Evidence
Satoshi's anonymity allowed Bitcoin to survive government pressure while eGold's known founder was arrested and shut down
Implication
Builders of technologies that challenge power structures should prioritize anonymity over personal recognition
Counter Belief
Known founders provide accountability and trust that anonymous systems lack
Example Application
Privacy technology founders choose permanent pseudonyms to prevent personal targeting by authorities
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Launch a potentially system-threatening technology while avoiding personal targeting
Technology achieves widespread adoption while founder remains unknown and safe from retaliation by threatened institutions.
You can't be the guy behind it because you have too much power
Being a known founder of system-threatening technology makes you a target for institutional retaliation
Government is now pro crypto, political suicide to be anti-crypto
US political landscape has shifted so significantly that opposing cryptocurrency is now politically disadvantageous
The world is better off never knowing who Satoshi Nakamoto is, despite intense curiosity about Bitco
Revealing Satoshi's identity would create personal danger for the individual, undermine Bitcoin's decentralized credibility, and satisfy curiosity at the cost of the technology's foundational principles.